Penology & Punishment

Kaneko Fumiko (1903-1926) wrote this memoir while in prison after being convicted of plotting to assassinate the Japanese emperor. Despite an early...

The book provides an account of many Jesuits, from the time of St. Ignatius to the 1990’s, who have been incarcerated around the world for their fa...

Lashings, branding irons, and harsh treatment in labor camps all come to mind when one thinks of Russian methods of punishment. Analyzing the "lang...

The book provides an account of many Jesuits, from the time of St. Ignatius to the 1990’s, who have been incarcerated around the world for their fa...

Images of Incarceration focuses on fictional portrayals of prison and prisoners to demonstrate how they are depicted in the cinema and on TV, featu...

The opening, in 1876, of the Elmira Reformatory marked the birth of the American adult reformatory movement and the introduction of a new approach ...

For most of the ninety-three years between 1851, when the California State Legislature faced the problem of what to do with criminals, until 1944, ...

In contrast to the generally dismal results of various approaches to rehabilitation, these consciousness-based strategies have proven effective in ...

In contrast to the generally dismal results of various approaches to rehabilitation, these consciousness-based strategies have proven effective in ...

Much has been written about the laogai (sometimes likened to the Soviet gulag) in the People's Republic of China. Depending on the source, the pris...

This outstanding book explores the rise of prison populations in the US, in Britain and in other European countries, as well as in Latin America. B...

This is a first-hand account of the often appalling conditions in prisons, police stations, psychiatric institutions, detention centres and other p...

The death penalty issue has become the epitome of the unresolvable issue, the question which people answer on the basis of gut reactions rather tha...

The last few years have seen a marked change in attitudes to the rehabilitation and management of offenders. It is now impossible to ignore evidenc...

Tom Sorell's book concerns not simply capital punishment but the use of philosophical theories of right and wrong. He argues that such theories are...

There is increasing pressure, soon to be legislation, for particular offenders to be given a choice of psychological treatment or imprisonment, eve...

Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to prod...

Whilst they retain a recognisable common core, probation systems round the world are enormously varied, and many are in a state of rapid change. Pr...

Nicola Lacey presents a new approach to the question of the moral justification of punishment by the State. She focuses on the theory of punishment...

Whilst they retain a recognisable common core, probation systems round the world are enormously varied, and many are in a state of rapid change. Pr...

Inside This Place, Not of It reveals some of the most egregious human rights violations within women's prisons in the United States. In their own w...

WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION 2017'In its tragic absurdity, Close But No Cigar reads like a Graham Greene st...

In the context of recent media scrutiny on the state of prisons in the UK, the efficacy of incarcerating large numbers of offenders is an issue whi...